PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Simon Adabisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadeusz Ostrowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tadeusz Ostrowski enters the ring!

Adabisi
vs
Ostrowski

157 cm
31
140 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

150 cm
30
145 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Simon Adabisi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tadeusz Ostrowski!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ostrowski darts in looking for a takedown but Adabisi gets double underhooks and turns Ostrowski into the ropes.
Adabisi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ostrowski with a poor takedown
and Adabisi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adabisi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Adabisi lands a nice shot that snaps Ostrowski's head back.
Ostrowski throws a sloppy head kick and Adabisi moves out of range easily.
Adabisi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Adabisi lands a jab to the head.
Ostrowski dives in and grabs Adabisi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adabisi pushes down on Ostrowski's head and hops out.
Adabisi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Simon Adabisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tadeusz Ostrowski.
Adabisi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Adabisi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Ostrowski is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostrowski fails to land the takedown.
An attempted straight right counter from Adabisi misses the target.

Adabisi moves into range and clinches up with Ostrowski.
Ostrowski's coach down at MB Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ostrowski's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ostrowski is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Adabisi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ostrowski is trying to drag Adabisi to the mat but Adabisi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Adabisi scores with a shot to the side of Ostrowski's head.
Adabisi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ostrowski takes a shot to the head.

Adabisi manages to break the clinch.
Adabisi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ostrowski's head.
Adabisi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adabisi tries to bum rush Ostrowski with a series of wild strikes but Ostrowski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ostrowski tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ostrowski takes one to the chin there.
Simon Adabisi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Ostrowski.
Ostrowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adabisi.
Adabisi lands with a right hand.
Ostrowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostrowski tries to clinch there but Adabisi circles away.
As Ostrowski looks to move away, Adabisi throws a big counter combo bu Ostrowski just gets out of the way.
Ostrowski throws a head kick but Adabisi moves out of range.
Ostrowski shoots in but Adabisi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ostrowski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Adabisi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ostrowski scrambles back to his feet.
Adabisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ostrowski moves away.
Adabisi scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ostrowski defending well as Adabisi loads up on a big left hand.
Adabisi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ostrowski walks into a stiff left hand from Adabisi.
Adabisi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ostrowski is still on wobbly legs! Can Adabisi finish him?
Adabisi throws the left hand but Ostrowski avoids the punch easily.
Ostrowski seems to have recovered his senses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ostrowski shoots and misses
and Adabisi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ostrowski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Adabisi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ostrowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Adabisi.
Ostrowski slips under a jab from Adabisi.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ostrowski ducks right into an uppercut from Adabisi.
Ostrowski slips a jab and a cross from Adabisi.
Adabisi scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adabisi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Simon Adabisi is winning the standup battle so far.

Ostrowski feints and as Adabisi raises his hands in defense, Ostrowski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ostrowski stopping the sweep attempt from Adabisi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostrowski throws a strike but Adabisi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Ostrowski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adabisi is one step ahead there.

Ostrowski is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Adabisi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Adabisi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ostrowski can do to turn this around?
Ostrowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Adabisi trying to control but Ostrowski is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Ostrowski with that takedown attempt.
Ostrowski slips a jab and a cross from Adabisi.
Ostrowski tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ostrowski looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adabisi is fending him off so far but Ostrowski persists. Nope, Adabisi circles away and we're back to standing.
Adabisi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ostrowski.
Adabisi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ostrowski with the counter takedown but Adabisi avoids it easily.
Adabisi looks to land a combination but Ostrowski avoids it well.
Ostrowski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Simon Adabisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tadeusz Ostrowski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ostrowski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adabisi throws out the jab.
Adabisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As Ostrowski tries to get set, Adabisi tries to push him back and clinch up but Ostrowski manages to avoid the attempt.
Adabisi throws a shot to the body.
Ostrowski goes for a double leg but Adabisi avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Adabisi continues to drive forward.
Adabisi misses with a body shot.
Ostrowski raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Adabisi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adabisi slaps away a takedown attempt from Ostrowski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Adabisi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ostrowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adabisi.
Ostrowski changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Adabisi doesn't manage to clinch there - Ostrowski circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ostrowski.
Adabisi is looking to counter punch.
Donk. Adabisi catches Ostrowski right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adabisi looks to land a combination but Ostrowski avoids it well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ostrowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostrowski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adabisi.
Ostrowski dives in and grabs Adabisi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Adabisi pushes down on Ostrowski's head and hops out.
Simon Adabisi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tadeusz Ostrowski.
Ostrowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ostrowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Adabisi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ostrowski goes for a takedown attempt but Adabisi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Ostrowski gets a double leg takedown into Adabisi's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adabisi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ostrowski tries to free his leg and advance position but Adabisi is retaining full guard.
Adabisi trying to control the position.
Adabisi keeping moving, preventing Ostrowski from controlling successfully.
Ostrowski throwing strikes from guard but Adabisi blocks nicely.

Ostrowski is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Adabisi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Adabisi has escaped and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostrowski controls Adabisi momentarily but Adabisi frees himself.
Adabisi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ostrowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Adabisi trying to control the position from guard on top but Ostrowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Ostrowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Adabisi defends well.
Ostrowski is trying to keep Adabisi in close.
Adabisi looking to pass the guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Adabisi misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Adabisi clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Adabisi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ostrowski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adabisi scores with a jab to the head.
Ostrowski dives in for a single leg takedown but Adabisi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Horrible takedown attempt by Ostrowski or perhaps it was just good defense by Adabisi, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adabisi scores with the left hand. Ostrowski knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Adabisi.
Adabisi throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Ostrowski crashing down! Ostrowski tries to stagger back to his feet but Adabisi just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Ostrowski asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Adabisi!
Simon Adabisi retains his bantamweight title!